PM weighs emissions goal effect !!

 

An ambitious target to cut greenhouse gases 25% by 2030 requires

 that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha look into the possible

impacts on Thailand's industrial development.

Meeting officials Monday ahead of his participation in the

 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

(UNFCC), the premier asked experts to conduct a study on

whether the industrial sector will suffer if Thailand goes ahead

with the target, deputy government spokesman Werachon

 Sukondhapatipak said.

 Gen Prayut is scheduled to announce the country's plan to

 reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 20-25% at the

 UNFCCC, which is being held in Parc des Expositions du

 Bourget in Paris, France.

 World leaders are meeting to discuss new commitments to deal

with global warming.

 Paris conference: What you need to know

They expect a new agreement to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol international pact, that sets targets for industrialised countries to

 cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

 Greenhouse gases, especially CO2, are blamed for the rise in

world temperatures.

 The issue has become a major environmental concern, causing

debates over control on energy usage.

 Meanwhile, farmers in the Central Plains have been warned

to prepare for a drought which is expected to hit the region over

the next three years as average rainfall in mountainous areas is

 decreasing. Sucharit Koontanakulvong, chief of the department

 of water resources engineering at Chulalongkorn University's

faculty of engineering, said the farming sector will be further hit

by drought for another three years until there is enough water in

 the country's main  dams to boost supply.

Mr Sucharit said it usually takes around three years for sufficient

 water to flow in to support dam levels to secure planting activities

 during the dry season.

Average rainfall has  dropped by 5-10% since 2011, he said.

 

News,General,Bangkok Post,1 December 2015.

 

Glad to hear the Prime Minister has target to cut greenhouse

 gases 25% by 2030.

May we have plan that can support the goal to complete

with  least impact  but have high value to industry,business

 and the living life of people.

 

Sincerely Yours.

Army sends soldiers to block UDD from park !!!

 

 

The junta posted more troops at the entrance of Rajabhakti Park
on Sunday, apparently to try to keep out leading UDD members
due to visit the public park on Monday.
 (Main photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)

Red-shirt leaders have vowed to visit Rajabhakti Park to

 investigate the alleged corruption in the one-billion-baht project

 in Prachuap Khiri Khan Monday, despite military efforts to block

 them from the park. Speaking in a TV programme Sunday,

Jatuporn Prompan, leader of the United Front for Democracy

against Dictatorship (UDD), said military officers were deployed

 at the entrances of the housing estates where he and Nattawut

 Saikua, UDD secretary-general, stayed Sunday morning.

The deployment seemed to be an attempt to block them from

 going to the park, Mr Jatuporn said. The UDD leader said

 he and Mr Nattawut will travel to the place as planned, adding

that if they cancelled the plan, public suspicion over the park

 scandal would intensify.

 He also warned authorities the situation may get out of hand

if they try to prevent them from entering the park, as the

obstruction would mean authorities have something to hide.

Opinion: This case isn't over

See also: 'Khon Kaen Model' suspect sues police

National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) spokesman

 Winthai Suvaree said the red-shirt leaders should be cautious

 about their movements as the visit could be seen as politically

 motivated.

Meanwhile, the defence ministry said a committee set up by

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Friday has called

 a meeting to discuss the graft probe.

 The panel will gather evidence and invite concerned ministry

officers -- including Gen Preecha Chan-o-cha, who is a member

 of the Rajabhakti Park Foundation committee -- to explain

 the steps taken in the park's construction, said Defence

 Ministry spokesman Maj Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanit.

 

"We need time for this panel to work thoroughly in its

 fact-finding mission," said the spokesman.

 

Meanwhile, Maj Gen Kongcheep has insisted the ministry is also

 ready to to support state bodies which probe the project's

 construction, for the sake of transparency.

 Ex-army chief Gen Udomdej Sitabutr could also be asked

to give information as he is the foundation's chairman,

said a source.

National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) president

 Panthep Klanarongran said Sunday the agency's secretary-general

 has conducted a secret investigation into the scandal, and

will report the results at an agency meeting Tuesday.

 

News,Politics,Bangkok Post,30 November 2015.

As there is a panel set to investigate the corruption in
 the Rajabhakti Park and  National Anti-Corruption

 Commission (NACC) president Panthep Klanarongran

said Sunday the agency's secretary-general has conducted

 a secret investigation into the scandal, and will report

the results at an agency meeting Tuesday.

 So I think every parties should wait for the result of the

investigation.

 

Sincerely Yours.

 

'Bike for Dad' riders get into gear !!!

 

 

About 50,000 people who signed up for the "Bike for Dad"
cycling event turned out to receive T-shirts and mementos at
the National Stadium on Saturday.

 


Bespoke fashion: A military cadet prepares T-shirts for
distribution to cyclists who have registered for next week's
 ‘Bike for Dad’ event.

Armed forces personnel were deployed from 8am-5pm to
 distribute the gift sets to registered cyclists on behalf of
 His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.
 Another 50,000 sets will be handed out today.

 Each gift set includes a T-shirt, wristband and commemorative pin.

 The Crown Prince will lead the 29km ride along Bangkok’s

streets on Dec 11, modelled after the similar “Bike for Mom”

 event on Aug 16 which drew tens of thousands of participants

nationwide.

Bike for Dad will also be held in provinces across the country,

while Thais living abroad have also been encouraged to stage

 their own events.

A rehearsal of the cycling event was due to begin at 6am today

 at the Royal Plaza.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is working with

 the Metropolitan Electricity Authority to repair street lights as

well as install 1,000 new lights along the cycling route.

Decorations are also being placed along the course, and efforts

 are being made to improve the road surface ahead of the event,

 the BMA said.

More than 1,700 new CCTV cameras will be installed along the

 route and connected to the city’s traffic control centre, according

 to the BMA.

 Medical and emergency units will also be deployed to provide

any assistance necessary during the event.

The BMA has asked contractors working on construction projects

 along the cycling route — which includes the 700-metre Sky Walk...
project on Ratchadamri Road — to halt work temporarily while

 the event is under way.

Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Friday

 inspected the installation of new lighting at the Royal Plaza.

He also inspected Chulalongkorn University, which will serve as

 a rest spot for cyclists during the event.

 Bike for Dad participants will begin their ride at 3pm from the

 Royal Plaza, completing a circuit which will pass Siriraj Hospital,

 where His Majesty the King is currently staying.

 After the cycling event, the Crown Prince will also preside over

 an outdoor performance of a khon masked dance performance.

 The performances will also be staged for public viewing at the

Royal Plaza from Dec 12-13.

News,General,Bangkok Post,29 November 2015.

 

Glad to hear this.

 

Love live our beloved King.

Long live our beloved Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn

 

Sincerely Yours.

 

'Khon Kaen Model' suspect to counter-sue!!!

 

 

 

An investigation team led by police chief Gen Chakthip Chaijinda

(second from left), displays a chart indicating alleged links of

the nine suspects at the Royal Thai Police headquarters on Thusday.

(Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

One of the "Khon Kaen Model" suspects facing an arrest warrant

 for a new subversion plot will file a countersuit against

 investigators because he has been in jail since May 2014,

his lawyer said on Saturday.

Warrants for Thanakrit Thongngernperm, 49, and eight other

 people, were approved this week. Police acted on a complaint

filed by the National Council for Peace and Order, which accused

 the nine of lese majeste and breaking the Computer Crime Act.

The suspects are red-shirt supporters allegedly linked to the

 "Khon Kaen Model", an armed movement with military training

 that emerged in 2014 in the northeastern province.

 Its key members were arrested in a crackdown by the

a day after the 2014 coup.

Police and Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, the deputy prime minister

 for security, told the media this week that the nine men had

plotted subversion in Bangkok and assassinations of two key

 government figures.

Critics of the military regime are sceptical about the claim,

saying it sounded like something intended to divert public

attention from the corruption scandal surrounding the

 military-backed Rajabhakti Park.

 

Police chief Chakthip Chaijinda also said he had set up a joint

 police-military investigation team led by his deputy,

 Pol Gen Srivara Rangsitbramakul, which found enough evidence

 to prosecute the men. They arrested two men and said the rest were

 on the run.

 However, Benjarat Meethien, a lawyer, told Prachatai on Saturday

that counsellors for the accused found Thanakrit had been

imprisoned at Khon Kaen prison since May last year for his alleged

 role in the Khon Kaen Model after the 2014 crackdown.

His bail was later approved but he was not released because

his ex-wife had charged him with forging documents for the sale

 of her car. Thanakrit was pronounced guilty in the document

forgery case and sentenced to two years in jail. He has since been

imprisoned.

"In short, Thanakrit has been in jail uninterruptedly for 18 months.

 So it's impossible he could have been involved in the new

 [Khon Kaen Model] case," Ms Benjarat told Prachatai.

She said her team met n Saturday with Thanakrit who authorised

 them to represent him in a countersuit against officials in charge

 of the case for causing damage to himThey plan to file the

countersuit on Sunday. The Khon Kaen Model movement pledged

 to protect former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra when her

government was being threatened by street protests bent on

 toppling her in 2013-14.

 The military claimed they were plotting unrest in four steps:

mobilising people; negotiating for security officials to disarm

 themselves; negotiating with military officers; and destroying

financial institutions and giving money to the poor.

 At the time, police said that if the alleged Khon Kaen Model

 operation was successful, other provinces, especially in the North,

 would follow.

The aborted plan was reportedly scheduled to be carried out

 on May 24 last year, two days after the coup.

Twenty-six people were arrested on May 23 last year and were

 first tried at the Khon Kaen military court on Oct 21 last year.

Prosecutors filed nine serious charges against them, which they

 all denied. Seven of them were granted bail shortly after due to

 health issues. The other 19 remain in prison.

 

News,Security,Bangkok Post, 28 Novermber 2015.

 

In my opinion,I believe the subversion plot is found by

the police and lead to the arrest warrant.

Meanwhile as Mr Thanakrit was in prison does not mean

he can not invole in the subversion plot.

 

Sincerely Yours.

Double demand standard from Pheu Thai : Pheu Thai demands Udomdej resignation over Rajabhakti !!!

 

 

Senior military officers conduct a religious ceremony to worship

 the statues of former Thai kings at the Rajabhakti Park in

Prachuap Khiri Khan province in September.

 (Photo by Krit Promsaka na Sakolnakorn)

 

The Pheu Thai Party demanded Friday that Gen Udomdej Sitabutr

resign as the deputy defence minister over alleged corruption

in the Rajabhakti Park project.

 In a statement released today, the party kicked out of power in

last year's military coup asserted that Gen Udomdej, the former

army chief who headed the Rajabhakti Foundation during the

Hua Hin park's scandal-plagued construction, should take

responsibility by quitting because construction costs were

unusually high, there were reports of irregularities, and his

 close military aides are wanted on arrest warrants for

 corruption in the project.

 Pheu Thai also called for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit

Wongsuwon to take responsibility because they earlier denied

 the park was funded by the government's budget.

The party quoted Chaisit Trachoetham, chairman of the State

 Audit Commission, as saying that the tourist attraction

 celebrating former kings was funded with 63.8 million baht in

 public funds, even though the entire cost was supposed to be

 covered by donations.

Gen Prawit denied the allegation of state funds use.

 Regarding the Defence Ministry's investigation into the 1

-billion-baht project, Pheu Thai expressed its doubts about the

neutrality of the probe. It repeated a call for other anti-graft

 agencies to take up the investigation, including the National

Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), police, Office of the

 Auditor General, Department of Special Investigation and

the Anti-Money Laundering Office.

 Gen Prawit said on Friday that the Defence Ministry set up

 its investigative committee to look into the park project and

 Gen Chaicharn Changmongkol, deputy permanent secretary

 for defence, will head the panel.

The investigation will cover suspected military officers and

 the probers will forward cases with possible irregularities to

 the NACC and the OAG for further actions, Gen Prawit said.

He neither commented on whether the probe would reach

Gen Udomdej nor set a timeframe for the investigation.

 He told reporters that he would not answer reporters' questions

 on the park project until the conclusion of the investigation.

 

News,Politics,Bangkok Post,27 November 2015.

 

The Pheu Thai Party which is the party support Ms Yingluk

and the Red Shirts always have double standard idea.

When the rice pledge scheme found huge loss about over 500

billion baht ,they said nothing except support Yingluk to be

continue in the position.

 

At this time we do not know that the the Rajabhakti Park

project  has corruption or not,they demand Gen Udomdej

Gen Prayut to take responsibily.

 

I agree with Gen Prawit to set up the panel to investigate

the project has corruption or not to make it clear to the

 society.

I believe that Gen Udomdej did not involved in the corruption.

 

Sincerely Yours.

PM accuses red shirts of unrest plot !!!

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has accused the United Front
 for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) of being behind an
alleged plot to instigate unrest and possibly attack key figures
 during festive events in Bangkok and the provinces.

According to the government, those targeted for attack by the

 group include Gen Prayut and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence

 Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.

In response, the UDD said the government is "inventing a story"

 in order to deflect attention from the scandal surrounding

 the Rajabhakti Park project.

Soldiers on Thursday handed over a former police officer and

a civilian arrested in Khon Kaen for allegedly conspiring to

 instigate unrest in Bangkok to police for questioning.

They are Pol Sgt Maj Prathin Chankate, a 60-year-old former

border patrol policeman, and Natthapol Nawanle, 26.

The suspects face charges of breaching Section 112 of the

Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, and violating

the Computer Act after authorities found them "hatching

 a plot to stir unrest in the city" and contacting each other to

 discuss attack plans via the Line application, national police

 chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda had said previously.

The arrests came after authorities discovered a group of people

 in the Northeast were planning to cause chaos in Bangkok

 during the Loy Krathong festival, the King's birthday, the

 "Bike for Dad" event and during New Year celebrations,

 security sources said.

 Pol Gen Chakthip said the group was found to have planned

an attack involving important figures.

When asked if any political groups were behind the alleged plot,

 Gen Prayut said Thursday the suspects arrested were members

of the UDD.

 "Which group do they belong to? They call themselves the UDD,

 don't they?" Gen Prayut said, adding that the alleged plot was

tied to the so-called "Khon Kaen model" armed network

 believed to have been linked to the red-shirt movement.

 The prime minister also denied that the government fabricated

 the story involving the alleged plot in order to shift public attention

 from the Rajabhakti scandal.

 Gen Prayut said the alleged plot against key figures would not

deter him from visiting the provinces, particularly the Northeast

 which is a stronghold of the of the red shirts.

"I can visit any province. Today, I already risked my life.

 But I am not afraid," the prime minister said.

Gen Prawit also insisted authorities had solid evidence relating

to the alleged plot to attack government figures including

 himself and the prime minister.

However, UDD chairman Jatuporn Prompan said the UDD has

 maintained a peaceful approach and had no plans to act against

 the government.

The military was closely shadowing all UDD key figures to restrict

their actions, so there was nothing they could have done to challenge

 the government, Mr Jatuporn said. He echoed the UUD's claim that the alleged plot was a fabrication.

"There is no need for anyone to do anything. The government is

 already collapsing. Nothing can cover up for the Rajabhakti

corruption," he said.

 Pol Maj Gen Chayapol Chatchaidej, commander of the Counter

 Crime Planning Division, said apart from the two suspects,

 there were seven other people suspected of being involved in

the alleged plot to stage unrest.

The Bangkok Military Court has also approved arrest warrants for

them, Pol Maj Gen Chayapol said.

The seven others in the team who are still at large are Phitsanu

Promsorn, 58, Wallop Boonchan, 33, Chatchai Sriwongsa,

24, Meechai Muangmontree, 49, Thanakrit Thongngernperm, 49,

Veerachai Chaboonmee, 33, and Pahiran Kongkham, 44.

 Pol Maj Gen Chayapol said that Pol Sgt Maj Prathin and

 Mr Natthapol were among the defendants facing terrorism

 charges for their alleged ties to the so-called Khon Kaen model.

 The two suspects had been out on bail before they were

arrested again.

 

News,Politics,Bangkok Post,27 November 2015.

 

I disagree with Mr Jatuporn leader of the Red Shirts who

echoed and claim that the alleged plot was a fabrication.

I believe it no need for the Prayut  government to fabricate

it because the aim of the government is to end controversial

and return peace to our country.

 

Sincerely Yours.